Richard Brown

Urban thinking and writing

CV

Details
of the diverse projects I have played a part in, as an
employee and a freelancer, are available in the 'Project
Centre'.

Here’s a
career history since university:

2009
onwards:

Strategy
Director, Olympic Park Legacy Company

2008-09

Programme
Director, Olympic Legacy Team

2006-09

Freelance
consultancy

2005-06:

Interim
Head of Stakeholder Relations at Olympic Delivery
Authority

2005:

Head
of Olympic Transition Team, at Department of
Culture Media and Sport

2003-05:

Head
of Olympic and Thames Gateway Projects, Greater
London Authority

2001-03:

Manager
of Architecture and Urbanism Unit, GLA

2000-01:

Mayor’s
Office Liaison Manager, GLA

1999-2000:

GLA
Transition Team, Government Office for London

1998-99:

Research
Project Manager (economic regeneration), Audit
Commission

1996-98:

Private
Secretary to the Controller, Audit Commission

1994-96:

Research
Associate (performance indicators and local
democracy), Audit Commission

1993-94:

Odds
and ends, including work at The Times, London
Underground, and Norman Hudson and Company

I have degrees from the Universities of London and Oxford,
and live in South London. I speak French and Spanish, am
trying to learn Mandarin, and can use most standard
computer programmes (I even assembled this website).